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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: merc on August 16, 2018, 04:29:21 AM
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Even things like the attached desk lamp are tried to be sold in our market. Fortunately trade inspection have noticed that and banned this lamp from the sale immediately.
(Notice the outrageous plug - just two metallic sticks with no insulation at all - easy to touch with your finger while plugging in/out and get electrocuted.)
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It has already gone too far. A desk lamp that the plugs directly to the socket without a cable? ??? ??? ???
Apparently my Chinese plug to E27 adapter that my mother bought me from Georgia (https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-58750), make even more sense than this unusual thing...
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This looks like it is meant to use a standard extension cord. The exposed prongs with no protection do pose an appreciable risk seeing it is intended for 230V. We have some appliances (mainly in the construction industry) that have a male plug and you supply a standard extension cord to plug it in. That male plug, however, is grounded (3 prongs) and is recessed, so you have very little chance of contacting live prongs. Some are twist lock, but some are standard. Even the 120V are recessed. See here. (https://www.amazon.ca/Leviton-5278-C-Receptacle-Industrial-Grounding/dp/B0017SOZ8C?th=1&psc=1&source=googleshopping&locale=en-CA&tag=googcana-20&ref=pd_sl_60zirbpgw6_e)
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Our SI32 plug, are for long time, aren't insulated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AC_power_plugs_and_sockets#Israel_SI32_(Type_H)
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Unshielded pins on a socket aren't the problem here, a lamp that plugs directly into the socket is. Hopefully all the members in here can spot an obviously dangerous product and not use it.
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I've seen it before in Europe, where it is not uncommon to have 240V plugs directly below the light switches. The place I stayed in the Netherlands had such a lamp (fixture) plugged directly into the wall socket as an uplighter. It wasn't as badly designed as the mess in the OP though.
I have never seen that, and I lived in Germany for three years. ???
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it simply plugs in to recharge.
but could still b a shock hazard.
like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tMuXuIYkco (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tMuXuIYkco)
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Hmm, I seem to remember a flashlight we had, with two prongs to recharge the battery. But they swung in when it wasn't being charged, not always sticking out.
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See this one (https://www.lighting-gallery.net/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-145816).
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dor, the bug zapper you linked to is safer because the prongs are on the typical European protrusion that makes sure they are less accessible when plugging in. Furthermore, your bug zapper has partially insulated prongs, a normal safety feature on such plugs as well.
The prongs in the original post are all metal with no protection, hence the safety hazard. Here in North America, those features are normally absent from plugs and sockets, but we only have 120V instead of your usual 230V. We do have some 240V plugs and sockets that are not really protected like yours, but they are seldom used and not really used by the general public.
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Yes like our american Dryer and stove outlet and plugs
but they are usually out of reach behind large applancee.
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我们的常用插头和美国的基本一样，但是我们的插座可以兼用欧洲和澳大利亚的插头。